US8090513B2 - Method for controlling an automated friction clutch - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
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- F16D2500/00—External control of clutches by electric or electronic means
- F16D2500/50—Problem to be solved by the control system
- F16D2500/502—Relating the clutch
- F16D2500/50245—Calibration or recalibration of the clutch touch-point
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D2500/00—External control of clutches by electric or electronic means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D2500/00—External control of clutches by electric or electronic means
- F16D2500/70—Details about the implementation of the control system
- F16D2500/704—Output parameters from the control unit; Target parameters to be controlled
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- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D2500/00—External control of clutches by electric or electronic means
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- F16D2500/706—Strategy of control
- F16D2500/70605—Adaptive correction; Modifying control system parameters, e.g. gains, constants, look-up tables
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- the invention concerns a method for controlling an automated friction clutch which is made as a diaphragm spring clutch and is arranged as a starting and shifting clutch in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive motor and a manual transmission, in such manner that during clutch actuation at least one operating parameter of the friction clutch is detected by sensor means, and from the variation of this operating parameter at least one adaptation parameter is derived for the correction of a control parameter of the associated clutch control element.
- Diaphragm spring clutches have been known for a long time and, owing to their robust and space-saving structure, have become well established particularly in motor vehicles as the preferred design for passively engaging, dry-operating clutches.
- the contact pressure spring is made as a diaphragm spring, by means of which a pressure plate is pressed axially against a counterpressure plate which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driveshaft of the drive motor and is usually made as a flywheel, whereby at least one driving disk provided with friction linings and connected rotationally fixed to the input shaft of the change-speed transmission, is gripped so that torque from the drive motor can be transmitted to the manual transmission by the action of the friction force.
- the diaphragm spring is usually designed such that over the entire life of the clutch it ensures reliable torque transmission.
- the diaphragm spring has inner spring blades on which a clutch control element, made as a central release device or a release lever that can be pivoted by an externally arranged clutch control element, can exert an axial release force via a release bearing.
- a clutch control element made as a central release device or a release lever that can be pivoted by an externally arranged clutch control element
- a distinction can be made between an extended clutch, in which the releasing force acts in the direction of the transmission, and a compressed clutch, in which the releasing force acts toward the drive motor.
- the upper curve shows the contact pressure force F K — Anpr and the lower curve shows the releasing force F K — Ausr of a diaphragm spring, in each case plotted against the release travel path x K for the engaged condition of the clutch.
- the point P B indicates the operating point of the clutch for fresh friction linings of the associated driving disk and the point P B ′ the operating point for worn friction linings. Consequently, in the case of a diaphragm spring clutch with automatic zero-point compensation the working range, i.e.
- FIG. 5 A detailed representation of a typical variation of the releasing force F KA against release travel path x K during a disengagement process of a diaphragm spring clutch is reproduced qualitatively in FIG. 5 .
- F KA is divided into an initial, rising range A in which the releasing force F KA increases almost linearly as a function of release travel path x K , followed by a transition range B with a progressively slowing increase of the releasing force F KA to a value which, in a subsequent saturation range C, remains essentially constant and in the range of the maximum releasing force F KA — max that can be reached there during normal service operation.
- the releasing force F KA at first decreases with increasing release travel path x K , and then increases again.
- the active point of a friction clutch is determined or adapted, this being the point at which the frictional elements concerned just come into contact with or separate from one another so that the friction clutch can transit an infinitesimally small torque.
- Such methods are based on sensor-detectable reactions of operating parameters of associated or nearby components, such as the regulation path of the clutch control element, the speed of the transmission input shaft or the drive motor, or the fuel injection quantity of the drive motor.
- the purpose of the present invention is to indicate a method by means of which, without great effort, complexity and expense, additional information about the variation of the releasing force F KA (x K ) can be determined and used to improve the control of an associated clutch control element.
- the invention therefore starts from a method for controlling an automated friction clutch made as a diaphragm spring clutch and arranged as both a starting and a shifting clutch in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive motor and a manual transmission, such that during a clutch actuation at least one operating parameter of the friction clutch is detected by sensor means and, from the variation of the operating parameter, at least one adaptation parameter is derived for the correction of a control parameter of the associated clutch control element.
- the friction clutch is fully disengaged with constant control or actuation of the clutch control element, during the disengagement process the release travel path is determined as a function of the release time, and from the time variation of the release travel path at least one characteristic value is determined, from which at least one adaptation parameter is determined for the correction of a control parameter of the clutch control element.
- the invention is based on the recognition that during a disengagement process of a diaphragm spring clutch with constant control or actuation of the clutch control element, i.e. with constant increase of the regulating force, a typical time variation of the release travel path x K (t) is obtained, which is directly correlated with the characteristic releasing force curve, i.e. the travel path variation of the releasing force F KA (x K ). Owing to the constant regulation force gradient of the clutch control element, because of the linear increase of the releasing force F KA (x K ) on the spring (see range A in FIG. 5 ) a relatively small linear increase of the release travel path x K (t) is at first obtained in the time variation of the release path x K (t).
- the time variation of the release travel path x K (t) changes to a substantially linear and steeper increase of the release travel path x K (t) because of the still present constant regulation force increase.
- the time variation of the release travel path x K (t) is an inverse image of the path variation of the releasing force F KA (x K ).
- this relationship is used in order, from the time variation of the release travel path x K (t) determined during a constantly controlled disengagement process, to determine at least one characteristic value from which at least one adaptation parameter is then determined for the correction of a control parameter of the clutch control element.
- the adaptation parameter is implicitly also a function of the travel path variation of the releasing force F KA (x K ), which is determined by the condition of the diaphragm spring clutch at the time, in particular by a production-related series variation, and on the wear condition of the friction linings.
- the constant control or actuation of the clutch control element is produced, if it is designed as a pressure-medium-actuated control cylinder, by a constant throttle cross-section of an associated proportional valve or by a constant frequency of an associated frequency-modulated pulse valve, and if it is of electro-mechanical design, by a constant current or voltage gradient of the associated electric motor.
- the method according to the invention only presupposes the presence of a regulation path sensor and a timer which, however, are in any case present in an automated clutch control. Consequently no additional sensor is needed for the implementation of the method. Accordingly, the method can be integrated into any control device of an automated diaphragm spring clutch without much effort or cost.
- the end point x LE can be corrected either by replacing the previously valid end point x LE — alt with the new end point x LE — neu , or by changing it in the direction of the new end point x LE — neu .
- knowledge of the end point x LE of the linear increase range at the beginning of the release travel path x K (t) can be used to apply constant control of the clutch control element as a function of the time until the end point x LE has been reached, and from the end point x LE onward, to control any further disengagement in a path-dependent manner. This in each case results in simplification and acceleration of control of the disengagement process.
- the data set can be determined empirically by the clutch or vehicle manufacturer and stored in the data memory of the clutch control unit.
- release travel path variation x K (t) it can also be appropriate for disengagement of the friction clutch to be carried out with constant control or actuation of the clutch element which, in the linear increase range at the beginning of the release travel path x K (t), corresponds to the nominal disengagement rate (v K ⁇ v K — soll ) used in normal operation.
- the correction of a control parameter of the clutch control element in accordance with the invention is carried out for the first time by the manufacturer on completion of the final assembly of the motor vehicle concerned.
- the correction of a control parameter of the clutch control element in accordance with the invention is preferably carried out each time the motor vehicle is re-started.
- FIG. 1 Diagram illustrating a first method for determining the characteristic of a diaphragm spring clutch from the time variation of the release travel path
- FIG. 2 Diagram illustrating a second method for determining substantially the same characteristic of a diaphragm spring clutch from the time variation of the release travel path
- FIG. 3 Diagram illustrating a third method for determining a further characteristic of a diaphragm spring clutch from the time variation of the release travel path
- FIG. 4 General representation of the variations of the contact pressure force and the releasing force of a diaphragm spring clutch as functions of the release travel path, and
- FIG. 5 General representation of the variation of the releasing force as a function of release travel path, for a diaphragm spring clutch during a disengagement process
- the continuous line in the diagram of FIG. 1 represents the time variation of the release travel path x K (t) for a diaphragm spring clutch during its actuation, produced during a continuous control or actuation of the clutch control element, i.e. during constant increase of the releasing force.
- the linear rise of the release travel path x K (t) of small inclination at the beginning of the disengagement process corresponds to the linear increase of the releasing force F KA along the path variation of the releasing force F KA (x K ), which is denoted as range A in the diagram of FIG. 5 .
- the end point of the linear increase of the release travel path x K (t) at the beginning of the disengagement process denoted in FIG. 1 as x LE , is an important operating point which can be used for controlling the associated clutch control element. Since, because of natural fluctuations of the regulation path signal from an associated path sensor, this path point cannot be determined directly, that must be done indirectly.
- a release travel path point x S characteristic of the end point x LE of the linear range is determined as the intersection between a tangent to the linear increase range at the beginning of the release travel path x K (t) and a tangent to the substantially linear increase range at the end of the release travel path x K (t).
- the clutch-specific correction value ⁇ x Korr can be determined from the path point x S determined, for example by means of a data set previously empirically determined by the clutch or vehicle manufacturer and stored in a data memory of the clutch control unit.
- the end point x LE of the linear range so determined can be used as a new valid end point, or for correcting a previously valid end point of the lower linear rise of the curve x K (t) of the release travel path as a function of time.
- the rate limit value is represented in FIG. 2 as a dot-dash tangent to the time variation of the release travel path x K (t).
- a further variant, illustrated in FIG. 3 presupposes that the friction clutch is disengaged with constant control or actuation of the clutch control element which, in the linear increase range at the beginning of the release travel path k K (t), corresponds to a nominal disengagement rate v K — soll used in normal operation (v K ⁇ v K — soll ).
- the clutch control element's control parameter concerned is corrected proportionally to the rate difference ⁇ v K in order to arrive at the nominal disengagement rate v K — soll .
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